driver shortage
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News
The Daily Dash: Driver safety, self-driving trucks, and bidding on dedicated freight
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, a driver’s training matters more than his or her age when it comes to safety performance; Navistar and…
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Canada
Today’s Pickup: Canadian long-haul carriers shift to hourly pay for truckers amid shortage
New report highlights the industry’s efforts to recruit and retain drivers as it warns that vacancies will swell above 25,000 in Canada.
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Driver issues
A youth-driven approach to the driver shortage
Nothing fires up the trucking community like a strong opinion on the driver shortage. From its inception, FreightWaves waded into the conversation, balancing perspectives from…
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New Tech
CES 2020: ZF advances timetable for Level 4 trucking autonomy
ZF Friedrichshafen said at #CES2020 that it will deliver a Level 4 autonomous driving system to a trucking customer by 2025.
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AskWaves
Why is driver turnover in trucking so high?
The operating realities of long-haul, for-hire trucking translates into working conditions that require both employee and independent contractor drivers to be away from home, and…
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Autonomous Vehicles
Starsky Robotics’ remote-controlled trucks will give drivers the remote
“By employing remote drivers, we can make trucks fully driverless while still keeping humans in the loop," said Seltz-Axmacher.
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Economics
Trucking operational costs soared 7.7% in 2018
The costs of operating a for-hire Class 8 truck rose 7.7% in 2018, the biggest jump since 2010. It is the highest per-mile cost since…
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Business
United Road adds heavy haul trucks to car carrier business
United Road, which moves about 4 million new and used cars and light trucks a year, is expanding into Class 8 truck and equipment hauling…
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Canada
Exposé of immigration scheme in Canadian trucking prompts warning from feds
The Canadian government says employers who abuse the foreign worker program face “serious consequences” after a newspaper investigation reveals how some carriers with bad safety…
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Business
Survey says driver shortage, driver compensation top trucking industry concerns
Motor carriers and commercial drivers agree on just four of the Top 10 challenges facing the trucking industry, according to the American Transportation Research Institute's…
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